Oversight System for NC Medical Examiners - S.L. 2014-100 (S 744), Sec. 12E.6
The 2014 Appropriations Act required the state Department of Health and Human Services to establish an oversight system for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), using some of the funds appropriated to the OCME for the 2014-15 fiscal year.
The 2014 Appropriations Act required the state Department of Health and Human Services to establish an oversight system for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), using some of the funds appropriated to the OCME for the 2014-15 fiscal year. Section 12E.6(c) states that the oversight system is to achieve operational efficiencies and improve quality assurance in the postmortem medicolegal examinations conducted under the statutory authority of the OCME. The Department must develop and implement uniform protocols for the examinations that accord with best practices.